I am also using getiplayer to download just subtitles from the BBC, and after it appears in the folder I close the page. But I notice the file keeps downloading.
Is there any way to stop this please?
You can simply press Ctrl+c (control and the 'c' key together) which should stop the process and thereby cancel the download.
Sorry. I didn't explain myself very well.
I was d/l 3 simultaneously. For 2 of them I just wanted the subs and closed the page when they had completed. Which left 1 HD file still wanted. That's when I noticed the other 2 kept going even though I'd closed the page.
Maybe I should only d/l 1 item at a time.
Ah, I see. What you want to do is perfectly possible. You should identify the programmes with the subtitles you want and download them with the added
flag. That will ONLY download the subtitles and not the programme. Just stick that command at the end of the download command e.g.
Code:
get_iplayer --get 123 --subtitles-only
.
Obviously you should only use this option for those programmes you just want subtitles from, not those you want the video file too.